Google's dark web monitoring tool will soon be free for all users here's how to use it

If you're a Google One subscriber, you probably know that dark web monitoring (along with extra storage, Magic Editor, AI Premium, and more) is one of the perks of your subscription.

Dark Web Monitoring tracks the dark web (websites not indexed by search engines and accessible only through specialized browsers) for personal information such as your social security number, address, email, phone number, and birthday. If Google finds your message, you'll get an alert and suggestions for next steps.

Since launching the service, Google has limited dark web monitoring to customers who pay between $2 and $20 per month, depending on their plan. Google plans to roll out the service to all of its consumer accounts later this month.

First spotted by 9to5Google, subscribers logging into their Google One accounts have started seeing a message that dark web surveillance will disappear at the end of July, along with a link to learn more. Click the link to trigger Google's explanation: "The dark web message will no longer require a participant's qualifications on Google. Apply to all users in its Google Account can use this feature.

In addition to the page "For your results, Google also provides Dark Network supervision. However, the company's dark web monitoring is more persistent and can look for places that can't find results for you. If you don't want to participate, you can delete your profile from the Dark Web monitoring dashboard.